Outline on the Amistad
I) Introduction
a) Brief introduction about the Amistad
i) Names of Captain and other crew members
(1) Captain Ferrer- the captain of the ship
(2) Jose Ruiz- A 24 year old Spaniard that was a slave dealer
(3) Pedro Montes- A 58 year old Spaniard that was a slave dealer
(4) Antonio- Cabin Boy and slave to Captain Ferrer
ii) Mission plan of the voyage in 1839
(1) New York City to Lomboko Harbor (Tercora)
(a) Pick up slaves
(i) Successful
(2) Leave from Lomboko Harbor and sail to Havana Cuba (Tercora)
(a) Transport slaves to Cuba
(i) Successful
(3) From Havana to Puerto Principle (Amistad)
(a) Transport slaves
(i) Rebellion
b) Summary of how the ship was overtaken
i) Date of Rebellion
(1) July 1, 1839
ii) Who led the rebellion
(1) Cinque
(a) The African version of this name is Sengbe Pieh.
(b) Came from a village in the Mende region of West Africa
(c) He was the leader of the rebellion
(d) He started the rebellion because when he asked a sailor what happened to them when the ship would dock, the sailor said they would be slaughtered for food
iii) What happened to the sailors
(1) Many sailors were killed including the Captain, but Ruiz, Montes, and a few crew members were kept alive
iv) Where did the ship sail to after rebellion
(1) It sailed away from the sunset
(a) This was Cinque's order
c) What happened to the slaves when they docked
i) Thrown in jail and were tried
(1) Were found innocent and set free
d) Topic Sentence
i) The rebellion on the Amistad was not out of hatred for the sailors, but was self defense
II) The history of the slave trade
a) First slave
i) Portugal was the first country to start this
(1) 1441
(a) Came across two black males on the coast of Africa and sold them to work for others
b) From the 17th to the 19th century
i) 12 million slaves brought to the new world
ii) Were many forms of resistance
iii) Many slave forts were set up in ...